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Before the Frost

Michael Noer, 2019

As winter approaches in rural 1850s Denmark, an old farmer, Jens, and his family face starvation. With the harsh circumstances and the prospect of yet another tough winter, Jens agrees to ally with the neighbouring family in a marriage between his daughter and their son. However, when the rich farmer at a nearby farm wants to buy Jens’s land, he sees a chance to provide him and his family with an even better life.

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Captain Bimse

Kirsten Skytte, Thomas Borch Nielsen, 2019

7-year-old Anna is having trouble sleeping at night. She accidentally left her favourite doll, Sophie, at her family’s holiday home, and Anna’s parents won’t drive all the way to the house to retrieve the doll. Just as Anna is wondering if Sophie feels lonely, she suddenly hears a strange sound.

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Checkered Ninja

Anders Matthesen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, 2018

A possessed checkered ninja doll teams up with teenage boy Alex to avenge the murder of a poor child factory worker. The checkered ninja helps Alex vanquish the school bully and score the love of his life, while Alex teaches him that bloody revenge isn’t better than bloody crime.

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Collision

Mehdi Avaz, 2019

As Leo and Olivia are facing a crisis in their marriage, their nine-year-old daughter, Liv, becomes a messenger between her mother and father. The film explores the break-up of a family and the decisions parents make in trying to find meaning and hope when everything is falling apart. The story is inspired by true events.

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Daniel

Niels Arden Oplev, 2019

A story of one of the most spectacular kidnappings in recent times. The protagonist is the young Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye who was held hostage for 398 days in Syria by the terror organisation Islamic State along with several other foreign nationals, including the American journalist James Foley. The film follows Daniel’s struggle to survive in captivity, his friendship with James and the nightmare of the Rye family back home in Denmark as they try to cope with the fear that they may never see their son alive again.

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The Exception

Jesper W. Nielsen, 2020

Iben, Malene, Anne-Lise and Camilla are four women working together, in a daily routine marked by power struggles, whispers and alliances. When Iben and Malene each receive death threats, they start to suspect a Serbian war criminal, whom they have been writing articles about. However, when a case of bullying in the office escalates, they slowly begin to wonder if the evil comes from themselves.

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Gooseboy

Michael Wikke, Steen Rasmussen, 2019

Video games are Viggo's whole life. But one day when a goose crashes on his balcony and it turns out it can talk, Viggo’s life is changed forever. The goose is desperate to get back to his flock but has a broken wing, so Viggo is forced to step up and help his newfound friend.

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Heavy Load

Magnus Millang, 2019

The two estranged brothers Emil and Magnus travel to Spain to bring home the body of their drunken and now dead father. What Emil doesn’t know is that Magnus has only agreed to go because of their father’s valuable Rolex watch which can save his bleeding finances. But when it turns out the transportation of the body will cost more than 10,000 Euro, Magnus convinces his reluctant little brother to run away with the body hidden in a roof box on top of a way too small rental car.

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Hunting Season

Tilde Harkamp, 2019

Eva’s ex-husband, Steen, quickly moved forward from their divorce and replaced her with the young and sexy Bella, with whom even Eva’s childhood friend Marlene have become pretty close with. So when Marlene breaks the news that she is in love with another man, Eva and Bella jumps at the opportunity to arrange a wellness-weekend covering the potential affair. But the trip quickly develops into a competition between Eva and Bella, and it all rises and falls with a failed pheasant hunt, because of Eva insisting on distracting Bella and win back Marlene.

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The Kindness of Strangers

Lone Scherfig, 2019

An ensemble of disparate people, all in their way struggling to survive in a New York City winter, find laughter, love and kindness in each other.

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Lifeboat

Josefine Kirkeskov, 2018

Iben is on a romantic sailing holiday in the Greek archipelago with her boyfriend, Thomas. One night they rescue a refugee from the ocean. Behind this woman is a secret that forces Iben to confront her biggest fear: her past.

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Miss Osaka

Daniel Dencik, 2021

Who would you be if you could be anyone? Young Ines is offered an unexpected chance to find out – and she grabs it. During a trip to Northern Norway with her boyfriend, Ines accidentally meets the seductive Japanese Maria. A meeting that ends deadly in the harsh wasteland, but becomes a new beginning for Ines, who soon finds herself under a new name in a remote and foreign city: Osaka.

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Mom Squad

Charlotte Sachs Bostrup, 2019

New mom Line is living the high life in Hong Kong with her husband, Bjørn. When Line discovers Bjørn’s infidelity she leaves him in fury and heads for the last place Bjørn would ever think to look – Line’s tiny hometown in provincial Funen. What is intended to be a short stay becomes a journey back to Line’s roots, her resentful ceramic artist cousin Maja and the encounter with an effervescent group of mothers.

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The Day We Died

Ole Christian Madsen, 2020

In an icy cold Europe, people are slowly moving on after the shocking terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo. In Copenhagen, the newly released criminal Omar has his agenda. Meanwhile, filmmaker Finn, Jewish watchman Dan and the worn-out action force officer Rico live their various everyday lives unaware of their common destiny.

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The Orphanage (Parwareshgah)

Shahrbanoo Sadat, 2019

In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and he daydreams himself into some of his favourite movie scenes. One day, the police bring him to the Soviet orphanage.

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The Good Traitor

Christina Rosendahl, 2020

9th of April 1940 Denmark is attacked by Nazi Germany with the demand of an immediate and unconditional capitulation. After a few hours, the Danish Government surrenders and begins a cooperation with the Nazis. But on the other side of the Atlantic is the Danish ambassador in America, the daredevil and man of the world, Henrik Kauffmann who is willing to stake everything in one throw.

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Out of Tune

Frederikke Aspöck, 2019

Celebrity financier and jet-setter Markus Føns is taken into custody. Following a brutal assault by a gang of bikers in connection with some of his more shady dealings, Markus opts for voluntary solitary confinement among the prison’s weakest inmates. This ward has a prison choir, of which the inmate Niels is the unofficial conductor.

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A Perfectly Normal Family

Malou Reymann, 2020

Emma has a perfectly normal family until one day it turns out her dad, Thomas, is transgender. As Thomas becomes Agnete, both father and daughter struggle to hold on to what they had while accepting that everything has changed.

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Psychosia

Marie Grahtø, 2019

Viktoria is an odd and extremely self-disciplined researcher in the field of suicide. She is invited to a psych ward to treat the suicidal patient Jenny. Through intimate nocturnal conversations, they form a tight bond.

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Queen of Hearts

May el-Toukhy, 2019

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

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Resin

Daniel Joseph Borgman, 2019

Liv, 13, lives deep in the forest with her simple father Jens and her obese, bedridden mother Maria. Sheltered from the outside world they survive on what they can find in nature. Here, even the smallest things have a soul, and the greatest meaning can be found in the journey of an ant into the sap of tree roots.

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The Shamer's Daughter II – The Serpent Gift

Ask Hasselbalch, 2019

Dina, The Shamer’s daughter, must save her family with her magical power of compelling people to admit their most shameful secrets with the help of her newly found father. He is a Blackmaster, however, and possesses the power to make people see and believe things that aren’t true. Dina must now deal with having inherited this horrible power while forging a relationship with him – a father she both fears and mistrusts.

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Shorta

Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid, 2020

The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi (19) was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers, Jens and Mike, are on routine patrol in Svalegården’s ghetto when news of Talib’s death comes in over the radio, igniting uncontrollable, pent-up rage in the ghetto’s youth, who lust for revenge. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves fair game and must fight tooth and claw to find a way out.

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Sons of Denmark

Ulaa Salim, 2019

Denmark 2025. One year after a major bomb attack in Copenhagen, radicalisation around the country has intensified and ethnic tensions are running high. The next parliamentary election is near, and the extremely nationalist political leader Martin Nordahl is set for a landslide victory.

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Monty and the Street Party

Mikael Wulff, Anders Morgenthaler, 2019

Mugge’s parents are going through a loud and terrible divorce that threatens to tear the blissful suburban neighbourhood apart. But Mugge takes matters into his own hands and plans the most epic street party ever in an attempt to get his parents back together.

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Suicide Tourist

Jonas Alexander Arnby, 2019

Insurance detective Max is investigating the disappearance of Arthur. The assignment takes him on a long and mysterious journey into the clandestine Aurora Hotel, a unique secretive facility that specialises in elaborate assisted suicide fantasies. While in the midst of an existential crisis, Max starts to question his perception of reality.

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Uncle

Frelle Petersen, 2019

Kris lives with her partly disabled uncle in rural Denmark and together they run a small farm. In their quirky yet loving relationship, built upon daily routines, words aren’t necessary. Kris is the dominant workhorse and she has taken on a motherly and overprotecting role towards her uncle.

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Until We Fall

Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm, 2019

Louise loved Adam. Adam loved Louise. That is how it used to be.

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Valhalla

Fenar Ahmad, 2019

The two children Røskva and Tjalfe embark on an adventurous journey to Valhalla with the two gods Thor and Loki. However, the peace of Valhalla is threatened by the monstrous Fenris wolf and the dreaded giants, the Jotnar. Together with the gods, the two young humans take on the fight to save Valhalla from the end of the world – Ragnarok.

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Wildland

Jeanette Nordahl, 2020

Following the tragic death of her mother, Ida falls into the care of her estranged aunt Bodil and Bodil’s three grown sons. Ida initially finds comfort in their home, which is filled with physical tenderness and a strong sense of unity. But the darker reality of her family's criminal way of life and toxic dynamics slowly pushes her to accept violence, addiction and intimidation as normal.